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From digital repositories to the library catalogue: Two workflows for transforming metadata

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  • Allen, Amy Leigh
  • Kulczak, Deborah E.
  • Gilbertson, Mary A.

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Making a connection between digital repositories and library catalogues is an issue many libraries and archives face, especially when dealing with items that traditionally received full cataloguing records. This paper explores different workflows for reusing metadata to create catalogue records, connecting the two resources. In order to have one interface to search both the older physical items and newer digital items, the archives and technical services department of the University of Arkansas Libraries worked together to create different workflows to save time and eliminate the need for double entry, using the open source software MarcEdit and XML Notepad. Two different processes were created for different types of materials in different repositories. The first process transforms metadata for undergraduate theses in DSpace from Dublin Core to MARC. The second process transforms metadata from music concert recordings in Islandora from MODS to MARC. Readers will learn multiple options and techniques for converting metadata to MARC records.

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  • Allen, Amy Leigh & Kulczak, Deborah E. & Gilbertson, Mary A., 2017. "From digital repositories to the library catalogue: Two workflows for transforming metadata," Journal of Digital Media Management, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 6(1), pages 95-117, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jdmm00:y:2017:v:6:i:1:p:95-117
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    Keywords

    digital asset management; metadata; MARC; theses; dissertations; concert recordings; institutional repository;
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    JEL classification:

    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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